There is a direct link to prostitution and industrial development. In boomtowns, seaports and industrialized cities, prostitution was apart of the everyday life.
Historians have found a direct correlation between economic prosperity and the amount of prostitutes in an area. In Eau Claire, Wisconsin the ratio between prostitutes to workingmen was one to fourteen Ripp-Shucha Through this analysis, it has been shown that an area that was about to experience an economic boom, there would be more prostitutes residing. All western towns suffered from the occasional slump, but as long as there was an opportunity that in the future the town would once again prosper, there was a reason for saloon girls and prostitutes to stay According to Alexy β¦show more contentβ¦.
Bulette was strangled in her sleep on January 20, The workingmen of Washoe District erected a monument dedicated for her because of her kindness and generosity despite her modest means. Ditmore Another famous madam was Bessie Harper. Every year at Christmas time, she provided the poorest families in Silver City, New Mexico with food and coal.
The act of kindness she is most known for took place in the summer of A group of Apache Indians brutally mutilated and killed a local Mexican family. Harper brought new clothes for the family to be buried in and paid all the funeral expenses. The people of Silver City did not soon forget this act of β¦show more contentβ¦. Historians argue that prostitution was a form of negotiation on the part of the women involved and it allowed them to seek out alternatives to poor working conditions and low pay Laite Prostitution was an alternative business opportunity that allowed women monetary freedom and independence.
It was an economic necessity and a lucrative business model and many women chose to participate because they believed it offered them a higher standard of life than working in factories or.
